Germany is planning a €3 billion national scheme to support the roll-out of next-generation access (NGA) broadband networks; a plan which has now been approved by the European Commission after being found to comply with EU state aid rules.

Due to the 2013 Broadband State Aid Guidelines, public funding into networks must be available to all competitors...

4K television sets have offered eye-wateringly beautiful images to viewers for some years now - despite their high prices. The cost of 4K televisions has dropped and become far more affordable - which means content providers are rushing to fill the considerable gaps in their library.

BT Sport will show hundreds of live matches throughout the tournament using the very latest...

BT agreed to acquire the UK's biggest mobile network, EE, earlier this year in a deal worth £12.5 billion. The deal, if approved by regulatory bodies, will shake-up the UK telecommunications market and position BT to offer the first true quad-play packages.

We are delivering strong, consistent commercial performance

In the meantime, EE will continue to operate independently. Operating...

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom recently announced plans to free-up 700 MHz by 2022 to carry data over long distances. The spectrum is currently in-use around Europe for TV and wireless microphones, whereas in the US and Asia it is already being used for 4G.

Now the European Commission has launched a consultation based on recommendations from former trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, who said...

Newly-appointed Vice President of the EU Commission for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, is continuing his predecessor's push for a single telecoms market. In his first plenary session since his appointment, Ansip opened with: "The Digital Single Market requires our immediate attention; we need the telecoms single market as a solid basis for our future."

Based on the Commission's calculations, a Digital Single Market would save approximately €260 billion a year.

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has made the bold claim that the UK will be the first in Europe to debut at least one new wireless technology from ongoing 'White Space' trials with partners such as Google, Microsoft, Sky, CloudNet, and more.

Gaps in the radio spectrum between frequency bands is known as ‘White Space’ and can be exploited to test new wireless applications which Ofcom says will benefit both consumers and businesses. The current trials include such innovations as; wireless video streaming,...

In the face of an escalating terror threat, which has led to increased airport security measures, emergency legislation is being controversially rushed through parliament to force phone and internet companies to retain data for at least 12 months despite a lack of discussion around its impact.

TelecomsTech reported this week of the EU Commission's distaste the Data Retention Act...

In the fallout of the troubles in Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions imposed on several Russian banks, Russian authorities are now pressing ahead with plans to set up their own domestic payment scheme, and they are demanding a substantial deposit from MasterCard and Visa to continue operating in the region.

Russia has announced with typical bluster that the scheme will be launched in the next six months, but the complexities of the Russian payments...

Citizens across the EU have rallied behind the idea of scrapping roaming charges across the continent. Most of us have learnt our lesson the hard way and returned from a vacation or business trip with what seemed like moderate usage to a bill hard to comprehend.

Thanks to the work of Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the EU commission, the mobile networks’ abuse of our wallets is to end by December 2015.

The idea of a single telecoms market is one Kroes has fought for passionately – it would break...

If you’re reading this and haven’t heard of the NSA and their controversial spying program PRISM we reported on around five months ago – you can catch-up here. Up to date? Followers thought so as well; but yet more revelations have come to light…

It was previously revealed that surveillance reached further than US jurisdiction; causing the EU commissioner for justice and fundamental rights, Viviane Reding, to

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